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APPLICATION FILED 00119. 1905.

Cmeoozo THE NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON. a, c.

EDWIN c. MILLIKEN, or FOR LAND, MAINE.

BELT OR GIRDLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed October 19i1905. Serial No. 283,427.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. hIILLIKEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and St ate of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt or GirdleSupports, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

My present invention relates to improvements in a belt or girdlesupport, and has special reference to a support by means of which amilitary belt, preferably, is supported evenly by a coat, shirt, or thelike worn by the wearer, a simple device being provided which is securedto the coat or shirt in the proper place. To aid this support, theinvent ion consists of a device of the character embodying novelfeatures of construction, as will presently appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a coat,showing the belt in the position it assumes when properly sup ported bymy device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the coat,the supporting device, and a portion of the belt. Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail view of the device in elevation, and Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the device carried by the belt.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a coat which, asusual, is provided with the seam 2, extending from below the arm to thewaist. The belt-supporting device 3 consists of a metal stay or plate 4,which is provided with a series of openings 5, through the body thereof.The upper opening has adapted to pass therethrough a rivet or fasteningmeans 6, which is adapt ed to enthe seam of the coat, so that the platewill be held concealed or out of view, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. The re maining holes are used for adjusting the knob or button7, which is provided with a shank 8 to enter one of the openings andwith a head 9, which is adapted to enter an opening or buttonhole 10,formed upon the seam of the coat, so that the knob or button will extendexteriorly of the coat to receive the eye 11 of the belt-support 12,which is secured to the belt 13, as clearly SIIOWII in Fig.

2 of the drawings. As two of these supporting-plates are used, it willbe seen that the belt will be properly supported directly from theshoulders of the wearer and carried entirely by the coat, the belt alsobeing sup' ported in a position so that it will not drag down or touchthe hip. By this means a uniformity in appearance is secured, and thenecessity of wearing the belt tight is also dispensed with.

The extra weight of a sword or a bayonet and scabbard will not have thetendency to drag the belt to one side, the supporting-device being soconnected to the coat or shirt as to prevent it sagging. By this meansthe coat will also be pulled down more smoothly and prevented from wrnkling beneath the belt, and thus render the wearing of a belt morecomfortable and attractive.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a body-garment, and a belt, of a device forsupporting the belt, consisting of a pair of supports secured to thegarment and each provided with a series of openings, a knob for eachsupport having a shank adapted to enter the openings of the support oneat a time to regulate the height the belt is to be supported, the saidknob eX- tcnding exteriorly of the garment, and a pair of eyed supportscarried by the belt adapted to engage the knobs, as set forth.

2. In combination with a body-garment and a belt, of a device forsupporting the belt, consisting of a pair of supports secured to thegarment and each provided with a series of openings, a knob for eachsupport having a shank adapted to enter the openings of the support oneat a time to regulate the height the belt is to be supported, the saidknob extending exteriorly of the garment, and means carried by the beltadapted to engage the knob, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDIVIN O. MILLIKEN.

lVitnesses:

JULIA BERRY, IVA L. FAIRBANKS.

